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JLL was on the scene last week for the grand opening of mHUBand as you can see, sparks were flying. Chicago’s first innovation center for physical product development and manufacturing, mHUB is a collaboration among Chicago’s leaders in business, innovation and research.

“Developing and manufacturing physical products is a capital intensive process and involves a steep learning curve,” said Haven Allen, mHUB co-founder and executive director. “Our industry partners will help fund crucial physical assets for mHUB that our early-stage innovators need to improve their odds of getting to market faster.”

Take a look at mHUB’s story below, where our Tenant Representation and Project and Development Services teams partnered to deliver manufacturing’s future:… Read More

150 nominees, including innovators and influencers in tech, education, marketing, food and healthcare, came through to pose and chat with us about what lights their fire. We’ve highlighted seven of their success stories below.

The final 50 on Fire will be revealed at the December 2nd event and our own JLL VP and tech guru Bobby Goodman is on the judging panel. Best of luck to all!

Bill Fienup, President, Catalyze Chicago

When are you most on fire?

Every morning when we wake up and come into the office. There’s always some activity or some pressing need, whether it’s helping our members or putting together an event. We’re always doing something exciting.

If you could change one thing about your work space, what would it be?

I wish we had more space to store members’ inventory and product. All of our members are entrepreneurs building a physical product, and they need to put it somewhere. Some cool products companies are working on at Catalyze right now include:

Guard Llama: A panic remote fob button that you push when you’re in distress and it sends the police to your location.

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